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4.8 PARKING AND ACCESS Adequate parking is necessary to service the full-range of uses permitted within 0 development project. In arder to enhance the appearance and character of the Metro East area, parking should not be 0 port of the ~estrian level streetscape The gool of the Melra East area is to provide adequate parking that encourages peaple to "park once" and conveniently walk to multiple destinations in the some area. Standards below reflect this concept except in the Neighborhood Transition District where parking is established at 0 rote that does not impact the adjacent residential neighborhood to the north. The parking standards far the MEMU Overlay Zone are designed to accommodate the wide variety of uses in the area while providing on incentive for mixed-use projects thai encourage an active sfreet life and convenient services and leisure activities for Metro East residents and visitors. A mixed- use development is defined os any development that contains more than one type of use in 0 building or set of buildings and contains within the development a residential component. Stand alone uses are defined as operations or uses that are not 0 component of on integrated mixed-use development project. Dimensions of parking spaces and drive aisles sholl be consistent with SAMC Article XV, Division 1. A. Parking within the MEMU Overlay Zone sholl be required for new development in each district os follows: 1. Neighborhood Transitional District a. Stand-alone residential: 2.25 spaces per residential unit, inclusive of guest parking b. Office or other permitfed nonresidential uses: As required by Division 3 of Article 1 5, Off-Street Porking Requirements, SAMe. 2. Village Center District a. Stand-alone nonresidential Uses: As required by Division 3 of Article 15, Off-S~eet Parking Requirements, SAMe. b. Stand-alone Residential Uses: No required by Division 3 of Article 15, Off-Street Parking Requirements, SAMe. c. Mixed-use Developments with less than 10 percent of the gross Aoor area devoted to a commercial activity: A minimum of 2.0 spaces per residential or live/work unit inclusive of guest parking and any nonresidential uses. d. Mixed-use developments with 10 percent ar greater of the gross floor area devoted to a commercial activity: Any development proposal that devotes 10 percent or more of the development's gross floor area to a nonresidential use shall be required to provide 0 parking study by 0 city approved consultant to establish on adequate parking requirement for the mixture of uses in the proposed development. In no case, however, shall a standard of less than 2.25 spaces per unit inclusive of guest parking and any nonresidential uses be established. 3. Active Urban District a. Stand-alone Nonresidential Uses: As required by Division 3 of Article 15, Off-Street Parking Requirements, SAMe. b. Stand-alone Residential Uses: No required by Division 3 of Article 1 5, Off-Street Porking Requirements, SAMe. c. Mixed.use Developments with less than 10 percent of the gross floor area devoted to a commercial activity: A minimum of 2.0 spaces per residential or live/work unit inclusive of guest parking and any nonresidential uses. d. Mixed'use developments with lO percent or greater of the gross ftoor area devoted to a commercial activity: Any development propasal that devotes 10 percent or more of the development's gross floor area to a nonresidential use shall be required to provide 0 parking study by 0 city approved consultant to establish an adequate parking requirement for the mixture of uses in the proposed development. In no cose, however, shall a standard of less than 2.25 spaces per unit inclusive of guest parking and any nonresidential uses be established. 4. Office District a. Office or other permitted nonresidential uses: As required by Division 3 of Article 15, Off-Street Parking Requirements, SAMe. B. in addition to the parking requirements above, new developments in the MEMU Overlay Zone sholl provide parking in compliance with the following: ]. Guest parking at 0 rote of 10 percent of the total required parking spoces sholl be set aside and assigned for the exclusive use of guests in any deveiopment project within the MEMU Overloy Zone. 2. All residential units sholl be provided 0 minimum of one 111 assigned space per unit. Ordinance No. NS-2740 Page 30 of 86 --